Citizenship Rights and Social Movements: A Comparative and Statistical Analysis
- ISBN-10
- 0191696838
- ISBN-13
- 9780191696831
- Category
- Citizenship
- Pages
- 296
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Author
- Joe Foweraker
Description
This study of the relationship between social movements and citizenship rights identifies the main connections made between collective action and individual rights in theory and in history and tests them in the context of modern authoritarian regimes.
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